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Just for fun, try to identify this outfit of over 500 employees with the
following statistics:

*29 have been accused of spousal abuse
*7 have been arrested for fraud
*19 have been accused of writing bad checks
*117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
*3 have been arrested for assault
*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
*14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
*8 have been arrested for shoplifting
*21 are current defendants in lawsuits
*In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving

Give up?

Yup – it’s the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same
group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws
designed to keep the rest of us in line.